Story is here. The trial is scheduled to last a week.
Previous coverage (and links to other related material) is here.
St. Croix Chippewa
Judge Crabb Denies Wisconsin Tribes’ Motion to Allow Night Deer Hunting
Wisconsin Chippewa Tribes Wait to Hear Night Deer Hunting Ruling
Wisconsin Night Deer Hunt Hearing to Continue Thursday
Here.
Briefs:
Wisconsin’s Brief and Motion to Strike
Tribes’ Response to Motion to Strike
Previous material is here.
Wisconsin Night Deer Hunting Hearing Set for December 12
Wisconsin Tribes Seek to Enforce Treaty Rights in Night Deer Hunt
“Reservations Rebuffed” — Article on Off Rez Gaming Policy
From CQ Politics:
Tribal casinos, which have bulked into a multibillion-dollar industry since Congress first gave them its blessing two decades ago, now possess all sorts of economic and political clout — but not enough, it seems, for them to go off the reservation.
American Indians marooned on reservations far from population centers have long pressed the Interior Department to grant them the authority to launch gambling operations closer to where the people willing to risk their money live — and rake in the sort of revenues that the more fortuitously situated tribes have enjoyed.
St. Croix Chippewa Fee to Trust Litigation Update
St. Croix Band of Chippewa lost a motion for a preliminary injunction in their attempt to avoid the new off-reservation gaming rules [see here for Bryan Newland’s analysis of the new rules].
Here are the materials:
St. Croix & Bad River Chippewa Trust Acquisition Lawsuit Materials
On December 7, 2007, the St Croix Tribe of Chippewa filed a suit against Dirk Kempthorne and Carl Artman. The Tribe has been working with the Bad River Chippewa and the City of Beloit (Wisconsin) to develop a casino in the city (which is not located within either Tribe’s reservation). The suit alleges that DOI has reversed its procedure of applying the two-step IGRA section 20 determination before the 25 CFR Part 151 determination. The Tribe claims that seeking the Part 151 determination first will be futile because of Secretary Kempthorne’s personal views on off-reservation gaming. The Tribes have already spent a great deal of time and money in developing the plan, meeting the requirements of the various applicable environmental laws, et cetera.
St. Croix Chippewa Gaming & Trust Lands Suit
From Indianz [complaint and motion for TRO at the bottom of the post]:
Wisconsin tribe sues BIA over off-reservation gaming
Monday, December 10, 2007
A Wisconsin tribe sued the Bush administration on Friday, accusing two political appointees of changing the land-into-trust process to block off-reservation casinos.
Turtle Talk 